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ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual
ATR3CMOS10300KPA User Manual
Version 2.0
Dec 2020
All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to
ToupTek Photonics.
Please download the latest version from touptek-astro.com.

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  • Page 1 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual ATR3CMOS10300KPA User Manual Version 2.0 Dec 2020 All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to ToupTek Photonics. Please download the latest version from touptek-astro.com.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual Contents ATR3CMOS10300KPA User Manual ........................1 Description and Features ............................. 1 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Specifications and Performance ................. 1 Camera Specifications ............................. 1 Sony IMX294 Sensitivity ..........................1 14bit ADC and ROI ............................2 DDR3 Buffer ..............................2 Binning ................................2 Conversion Gain Switch ..........................
  • Page 3: Description And Features

    1 Description and Features The ATR3CMOS10300KPA camera is designed specifically for astrophotography. It is mainly used for deep sky photo shooting, since the camera has cooled CMOS sensor, ultra-low readout noise and zero amp-glow. It can be also used for planetary photo shooting.
  • Page 4: Atr3Cmos10300Kpa User Manual

    Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 /10 (32 & 64 bit) Supported OS OSx(Mac OS X) Linux 2.2 Sony IMX294 Sensitivity The sensor G Sensitivity of ATR3CMOS10300KPA is 419.02mv with 1/30s. Its spectral sensitivity is shown in Figure 2.
  • Page 5: 14Bit Adc And Roi

    The camera also supports hardware ROI, and the smaller the ROI size is, the higher the frame rate is. Table 2 shows the frame rate of the ATR3CMOS10300KPA in 14/8bit mode, USB3.0 / USB2.0 data transfer interface at different resolutions: Table 2 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Frame Rate at Different Resolution/Data Bit/Data Transfer (USB3.0/ USB2.0)
  • Page 6: Low Amp-Glow

    2.8 Low Amp-Glow ATR3CMOS10300KPA has been carefully designed and is able to achieve low amp-glow photo shooting. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the different cameras at 20°C and 5-minute exposure time with high amp glow and low amp glow. By comparison, the image captured by ATR3CMOS10300KPA shows low amp-glow.
  • Page 7 SNR and better quality of image. Low Noise Mode, which means users could get even It is more impressive that ATR3CMOS10300KPA comes with Low Noise Mode lower readout noise by selecting while the frame rate is reduced as sacrifice. Its significantly low read e-(Low Noise Mode).
  • Page 8 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1000 1584 2511 3981 6309 10000 15848 Rel Gain (dB) 3.92 11.9 15.8 19.8 23.6 27.6 31.5 35.7 39.7 43.6 e-/ADU 3.92 1.58 1.00...
  • Page 9 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual Figure 6 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for ATR3CMOS10300KPA...
  • Page 10 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual The camera analysis data is shown in Table 4: Table 4 Camera Analysis Data Sensor Analysis Data Gain Value 1100 2100 3100 4100 5100 6100 7100 8100 9100 10100 Rel Gain (dB) 20.66 26.19 29.52 31.95 33.81 35.31 36.61 37.61 37.61 37.65 e-/ADU 0.44...
  • Page 11: Product Package And Connections

    ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 7 Packing Information of ATR3CMOS10300KPA Table 5 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Packing List Standard Package Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo 3-A safety equipment case: L:28cm W:23cm H:15cm (1pcs, 3.9Kg/ box); carton size: L:28.2cm W:16.7cm H:25.5cm(TBD) ATR3CMOS series camera (M42x0.75 Mount+2”...
  • Page 12: Camera Dimension And Its Mount

    ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 8 Dimension and Mount of ATR3CMOS10300KPA Table 6 Dimension and Mount of ATR3CMOS10300KPA Item Specification Æ80mm Diameter Height 100mm Mount M42Fx0.75mm 3.3 Camera Outline and Interface Figure 9 Camera Outline and Interface.
  • Page 13: Camera Mechanical Connection With Adapter

    3.4 Camera Mechanical Connection with Adapter The ATR3CMOS10300KPA can be connected to a telescope with proper adapter, or the camera lens. The most common adapters are already included in the package, but we also provide some specific adaptors based on the requirement.
  • Page 14: Camera Mechanical Connection With Lens

    ATR3CMOS camera with M42Fx0.75 mount 3.6 Camera Electric Connection with Accessories On the back side of ATR3CMOS10300KPA, there are 3 connection ports: DC 12V/3A power port, USB3.0/ USB2.0 port and USB-HUB. Due to the significantly larger power cunsumption of IMX294, ATR3CMOS10300KPA (including the cooling system) is now booted up only by 12V/3A power supply.
  • Page 15 ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual Figure 12 Camera Electric Connection Table 10 Camera Electric Connection Details Item Specification USB3.0/USb2.0 Port To computer with USB3.0/USB2.0 cable To filter wheel with USB2.0 cable USB HUB for Accessories To guiding camera with USB 2.0 cable Power Port DC12V/3A...
  • Page 16: Atr3Cmos10300Kpa And Its Software

    4 ATR3CMOS10300KPA and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https//touptek-astro.com/download/, to download the latest ToupSky. The ATR3CMOS can also be used with ASCOM, DirectShow SDK. If the third-party software is compatible with these SDK, customers can also download the software driver from our website and install the drivers into the third-party software.
  • Page 17: Professional Camera Control Panel

    ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual Figure 14 ToupSky and Its Browse Window 4.1.2 Professional Camera Control Panel Capture & Resolution Set the live and snap resolution and snap the image or record video; Exposure & Gain Auto exposure (exposure target preset) and manual exposure (exposure time can be inputted manually); Up to 5 times gain;...
  • Page 18: Powerful Compatibility

    4.2 ATR3CMOS10300KPA and Dshow ToupTekDshowAstroSetup (Click the left blue link to download) DshowAstro is an interface driver providing Dshow standard support for ToupTek USB astronomy camera Supported OS: Windows: x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above...
  • Page 19: Phd Guiding

    4.3.3 PHD Guiding A popular free guide software: http://openphdguiding.org/ ToupTek’s telescope camera support Native/ASCOM/WDM driver to run the video. 4.3.4 Nebulosity A popular cooled camera control/image process software directly supported via ASCOM. 4.3.5 MetaGuide Autoguiding software with novel method to avoid the atmospheric agitation. The latest version support GCMOS01200KPB and the guide port: http://www.astrogeeks.com/Bliss/MetaGuide/...
  • Page 20: Service

    ATR3CMOS10300KPA Manual 5 Service For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://Touptek-astro.com// For customers who purchase the cameras from local dealer, please contact your dealer for more inquiry. For technical support, please contact e-mail address: karas@Touptek-astro.com.

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